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A medical investigative journalist presents an unsettling expose of the under-regulated medical device industry, revealing the corruption, greed, and deceit that have combined to render medical interventions a leading cause of death in America.
"A shocking exposé of the dangerously underregulated medical device industry, revealing the corruption, greed, and deceit that have helped make medical interventions a leading cause of death in America. Medical...
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"Engineering has been an essential collaborator in biological research and breakthroughs in biology are often enabled by technological advances. Decoding the double helix structure of DNA, for example, only became possible after significant advances in such technologies as X-ray diffraction and gel electrophoresis. Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis improved as new technologies--including the stethoscope, the microscope, and the X-ray--developed....
6) Doctor tools
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"Doctors use many tools to keep patients healthy! With carefully leveled text, colorful photos, and critical-thinking questions, this title will prepare emergent readers for their next trip to the doctor"--
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"What if a lifesaving medical device causes loss of life along its supply chain? That's the question Katherine E. Standefer finds herself asking one night after being suddenly shocked by her implanted cardiac defibrillator. In this gripping, intimate memoir about health, illness, and the invisible reverberating effects of our medical system, Standefer recounts the astonishing true story of the rare diagnosis that upended her rugged life in the mountains...
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St. Charles Public Library - Beyond Books - Assistive Devices
St. Charles Public Library - Beyond Books - Health & Wellness
St. Charles Public Library - Beyond Books - Odds & Ends
St. Charles Public Library - Beyond Books - Health & Wellness
St. Charles Public Library - Beyond Books - Odds & Ends
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Greater Goods blood pressure monitor kit comes with everything you need to make tracking heart health over time as simple as possible. Keep up with your systolic and diastolic blood pressure, as well as your pulse with an accurate, design-forward home blood pressure monitor. It's easy to use, easy to read, and the professional kit gives you the versatility of two power options (battery or electric), a travel case, and a comfortable home blood pressure...
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INTENDED USE: This device is a digital monitor intended for use in measuring blood pressure and pulse rate in ADULT patient population. The device detects the appearance of irregular heartbeats during measurement and gives a warning signal with the measurement result.
Omron 5 Series Blood Pressure Monitor uses the oscillometric method of blood pressure measurement. This means the monitor detects your blood movement through your brachial artery...
16) A doctor's tools
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Identifies common doctor's tools such as the stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, and thermometer, and describes how they are used and what they feel like.
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A compendium of over 100 objects related to the story of medicine. Each object is cared for by London's Science Museum, which houses one of the largest collections of medical artefacts in the world - including a Bronze Age trepanned skull, healing water from an Ancient Greek well, a seventeenth-century barber's pole, a pharmacist's ceramic leech jar, a gold memento mori ring, First World War blood transfusion apparatus and a prototype MRI scanner....